WorksheetsPrimary v. Secondary Sources
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Primary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT --
a)
First hand accounts of someone's experience
b)
Analysis of events
c)
An original document that does not analyze other documents
d)
Original research
2.
Secondary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
An analysis of primary sources or events
b)
Interpretations of original documents
c)
Sources created later by someone who did not participate in the event
d)
Original materials
3.
Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?
a)
Original uniforms worn at a time in history
b)
Diaries written at the time of an event
c)
Film footage of a historical event
d)
A poem about World War II from your classmate
4.
Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?
a)
Newspaper articles
b)
Diary entry
c)
Encyclopedia
d)
Textbook
5.
What type of source is this? A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived in Idaho in the 1870’s.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
6.
What type of source is this? A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s-1890’s”
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
7.
What type of source is this? A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
8.
What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your grandparents photo album
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
9.
What type of source is this? An original World War I uniform worn by your great grandfather
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
10.
What type of source is this? An encyclopedia entry on the Vietnam War
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
11.
What type of source is this? The diary of Anne Frank -a young girl who lived in hiding during the Holocaust
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
12.
What type of source is this? Sheet music that was used to play military tunes during the Revolutionary War
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
13.
What type of source is this? A website that summarizes Ancient Roman mythology
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
14.
What type of source is this? A map of China created during ancient times
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
15.
What type of source is this? An ancient tablet of Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
16.
What type of source is this? Pictures taken by your Aunt Sally of the World Trade Center attack
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
17.
What type of source is this? A newspaper article outlining the effect of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
18.
What type of source is this? A transcript of Barack Obama’s first speech as President.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
19.
What type of source is this? An ancient Egyptian mummy you saw at a museum.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
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